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THE ICONIC PENNANT AWARDED TO ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS.
THIS PENNANT, LOVINGLY RECREATED, IS THE PENNANT THAT COULD ONLY BE RAISED ON ON SHIPS THAT WERE CONTRACTED TO CARRY ROYAL MAIL.
OF COURSE TWO OF THE MOST FAMOUS SHIPS WERE RMS OLYMPIC AND RMS TITANIC.The overseas mail service was the responsibility of the Post Office which hired privately owned packet ships, mostly based in Falmouth, to carry the mail. In 1823 the service was taken over by the Admiralty who had surplus ships and personnel. However the advent of reliable steam ships meant that it was possible to organise the service on a regular basis and in 1840 the Admiralty awarded annual subsidies to companies that contracted to carry mail to specified time-tables. Ships operating the service were granted the title Royal Mail Ship and a special pennant for Royal Mail Ships was introduced by Admiralty letter 26 April 1884.
The pennant was modified by Admiralty letter 19 June 1902 when the Victorian crown was replaced by a Tudor crown, and a short curved post horn added.
Although mail now goes by air the tradition of the pennant has been retained. On 8 January 2004 when \'Queen Mary 2\' was named in Southampton, Pamela Conover, Cunard\'s president said; \"Cunard Line carried the mail continuously for over 130 years. And we were proud to prefix the names of our ships with the letters RMS: Royal Mail Ship. Therefore it gives me particular pleasure to announce that today the Royal Mail designated our new ship a Royal Mail Ship, and so when she leaves for America next Monday the Royal Mail pennant will again fly proudly from a Cunard mast.\"THIS REPLICA FLAG MEASURES 12 X 23 INCHES.
IT IS HEAVY DUTY NYLON WITH STICTHING AROUND THE EDGES.
IT IS TWO SIDED.
IT HAS A CANVAS HEADER AND TWO SOLID METAL GROMMETS.
THIS WILL LOOK GREAT IN YOUR MAN CAVE, SHE SHED, OR IN YOUR WHITE STAR LINE COLLECTION.
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